On June 16, 1487: Battle of Stoke Field, Nottinghamshire. English Tudor King Henry VII defeated the remaining Yorkists led by John de la Pole and Lord Lovell in the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. (Pictured is a print titled: “The Last Stand of Schwarz and His Germans, Stoke Field.”) — Today is the birthday of pioneering economist Adam Smith, in 1723. He was born in Kirkaldy, County Fife, Scotland. He died July 17, 1790. — The big Mauser sale ends tonight! We have been running a two-week-long sale on all of the pre-1899 Mauser rifles in our … The post Preparedness Notes for Monday — June 16, 2025 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.